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MONKEY August Bank Roves Farm open for holidays
This popular farm has at last won its battle with Swindon Borough
MAYHEM Holiday Council Planning Depa rtment and reopens for the summer holidays on
28 July.
Children's Party Supplies at the Swindon & As usual the staff will introduce Roves Farm has several indoor
Mail Order Cricklade Railway, yoi to a wide range of farm ani- and outdoor play areas for all age
mals and tell you all about them.
groups from toddlers to teenagers
All tableware and food Blunsdon Station Many of them can be cuddled and and seven different farm trails tak-
boxes sold separately stroked and plenty of help is needed ing you past ponds, woods, the
Free cup lids & bendy straws Sunday 29 August & to bottle feed the goats and lambs river Cole and a wetland. Visit the
new willow 'Beastie' just off the
Everything you'll need for your party Monday 30 August, at regular intervals throughout each toddler trail, a great place for hide
day.
is here in our FREE colour catalogue 10.30am to 4pm and seek and sardines.
Tel: (01793) 497551 or 433998 Rupert Burr campaigning to keep There are plenty of places for
Roves Farm open last year
Adult and childrens bouncy .SWINDON'S REAL picnics, or you can use the Gra-
castle hire available na ry Tearooms. The guided trac-
RAILWAY torand trailer rides, which run regu-
larly are always one of the high-
lights of any day out at Roves Farm.
The visitor centre specialises in
children's birthday parties - two
liday As a result of the planning appeal
hours of fun and no mess at home.
Fun• S. success, Roves Farm is re-build-
ing its popular barn dance and
itself for indoor and outdoor corpo-
Sevenhampton, Nr Highworth, Swindon • Tel: 01793 763939 wedding facilities and promoting
Signed offA420 & A361. 3 miles NE of Swindon rate entertainment days.
For opening times, see the ad-
OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY
28th July - 5 September inclusive vertisement on the left.
I lam - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm)
* Bottle feeding & meet all the farm animals *Rural craft demonstrations Get feverish about the forest
* Granary Tea Rooms * 7 Nature walks * Bouncy castle and ball pond There's a fever in and around Swindon until 8 August with walks, talks,
* Adventure play area * Toddlers indoor play area
cycle rides, discover and exploration events for all ages aimed at
* NEW Willow `Beastie' and Maze revealing different aspects of the Great Western Community Forest.
* Tractor and trailer rides around the farm
There is a full programme available. For a copy, call 466324.
Last chance to visit rail museum
® visit the Make it a visit during the summer holidays

GWR MUSEUM, SWINDON Tim Bryan, keeper of the GWR Museum writes
On 3 October Swindon's Great Western Railway Museum will close,
before 3rd OCTOBER 1999 marking the end of one era in the town's railways heritage and the
beginning of another, with the new STEAM museum due to open next
spring.
FAREWELL TO FARINGOON ROAD 1962 - 1999
The GWR museum opened in
The GWR Museum closes on Sunday 3rd October June 1962, at a time when steam
to enable the collection to move to locomotives were being replaced
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway by diesels on British Rail. It quickly
opening Spring 2000 in the heart of the former GWR works became a Mecca for railway en-
on the historic Churchward site. thusiasts from all over the world.
One and a half million people
To mark the 37 years of the GWR Museum, come along and enjoy have visited the museum and there
*Special family events *Children's craft activities have been many changes over the
'Evening talks *Farewell party with live music last 37 years. Most exciting were
*Photographic displays 'Quizzes and Trails
the times when locomotives were
PLUS a great 2 for the price of 1 offer on admission! moved in and out, not an easy
Just cut out the coupon below process in a town centre locations
GWR Museum, Faringdon Road, Swindon Tel: 01793 466555 like ours.
In 1984 the record-breaking 'City
^® 2 for the rice of 1 ®^ of Truro' was replaced by a 1934
I
GWR diesel railcar, and in 1993
^ I the most famous GWR engine of
1 This voucher entitles 2 people to visit the GWR Museum all, 'King George V' took the place
for the price of 1 admission! of locomotive 'Lode Star' still make it one of the best visitor
Over the years the building has attractions in the town.
Valid from 1st August to 31st August 1999
become increasingly unsuitable as A series of special events to
Includes entry to Railway Village Museum. Excludes entry to children's craft events. a museum, being too cramped and mark the closure will be held in
Please cut out this voucher and hand it in at the ticket desk to get your discount inaccessible for today's visitor, and September. So, if you've been
L- --------------------- to display the growing collection of meaning to come and see the
exhibits. Despite this, those on museum, don't hang about.
show at Faringdon Road are su- And do use the two for one
perb, and the friendly atmosphere voucher printed on the left.